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  • two divs for each column
  • instead of one
  • first div
  • o hold the content
  • the background colour. This separation gives us individual control over these elements plus we
  • the background colour
  • that div contains all the columns
  • the container to be the height of the tallest column

  • In the example above the three content columns are inside a container div.

     

    <div id="container1">     <div id="col1">Column 1</div>     <div id="col2">Column 2</div>     <div id="col3">Column 3</div> </div>
  • And here is the CSS that forces the container div to the height of the longest column.
  • the container div must be floated
  • each of the column content divs must also be floated
  • Floating the container makes it stretch down to the height of the tallest column inside.
  • equal height columns is to add extra containers
  • we have removed the background colours from the original columns and added them to the containers.
  • he two extra containers have been added to the HTML below.
  • All the elements are floated to the left and the containers have a width set to 100% so they stay the full width of the page.
  • he background colours have been removed from the content divs and added to the containers.

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  • Three column CSS

     

    And here is the CSS that forces the container div to the height of the longest column.

     

    #container1 {     float:left;     width:100%; } #col1 {     float:left;     width:30%;     background:red; } #col2 {     float:left;     width:40%;     background:yellow; } #col3 {     float:left;     width:30%;     background:green; }
  • The process of floating the content divs makes them line up horizontally across the page. Floating the container makes it stretch down to the height of the tallest column inside.

  • Adding extra nested containers

      

    The next step to equal height columns is to add extra containers so they are nested inside each other. We need the same number of containers as we do columns - three. These three containers are going to be the backgrounds of each column. Notice that we have removed the background colours from the original columns and added them to the containers.

      

      

      

    Three column HTML div structure

     

    The two extra containers have been added to the HTML below.

     

    <div id="container3">     <div id="container2">         <div id="container1">             <div id="col1">Column 1</div>             <div id="col2">Column 2</div>             <div id="col3">Column 3</div>         </div>     </div> </div>
  • Using relative positioning we now move the containers to their new locations. When each container is moved the divs become visible below.

  • Moving the content back into each column

      

    The next thing to do is to move the content of each column back onto the page so that it aligns with the column background colour underneath. Again this is done with simple relative positioning.

      

      

      

    And then finally we chop off the overhanging containers by adding an overflow:hidden; rule on the outermost container - container3.
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